About Me

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

THE MARK IN AMERICA, ISSUE #2, PAGE 6

THE MARK IN AMERICA, ISSUE
#2, PAGE 6

With this page we are
introduced to “Little Lutzany”, a fictional enclave of immigrants from the
fictional kingdom of Lutzany. My then recent job search/recon mission (late
April, 1993) to Manhattan served me in good stead; I probably shot 20 rolls of
film, not including the photos from my previous sojourn in 1987. This mythical
intersection was a conflation of several elements; Dave Simons, a native New
Yorker, hooted with laughter, pointing out the Gay bar in the Village he used
drink at (I think he called it “The Monster Bar”). Don’t
worry, Dave was straight, as far as I know.

This is page 6

for "The Mark" issue 2,
volume 2, otherwise known as "The Mark In America", published by Dark
Horse Comics in January 1994. Written by Mike Barr, drawn by Brad Rader.

For your added pleasure, I’m including scans of
sketches I did during this period (1992/1993)

I drew this from the window of the apartment in Manhattan I was guesting at after the 1993 Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual March on Washington.‪ These are sketches of Ingrid Bergman, from
"Notorious" that I based the character of Lisle off. I got these
poses freeze-framing the laser disc.

I liked working this way because laser discs, unlike
DVDs, has the toggle switch, which allows really agile frame forward and back,
so one can get the perfect pose. It's also great for studying an editor's
cutting technique; one can park on the cut frame and toggle back and forth.

These are drawings of Ingrid
after I got the inspiration to base Janos Burvonik, Lisle’s father, off of Ingrid
as well.